foregain

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English

Etymology

From Middle English *foregayn, *foreȝein, *foreȝeȝn, foregane, from Old English foran ongean (opposite), equivalent to fore- + gain. Compare German vorentgegen.

Preposition

foregain

  1. (obsolete) Directly opposite to; in the opposite scale to.

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